Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Nothing founder Carl Pei has claimed that foldable phones aren’t enough to make Android beat iOS. He also acknowledged that Nothing’s resources were a factor in the decision not to offer foldables yet. Nothing recently launched the Phone 2, and it looks like a very capable upper mid-range smartphone.
Read MoreAnthony Capaccio / Bloomberg: The US Army says Microsoft plans to deliver improved goggles by July 31 for intensive testing ahead of a decision on their deployment or cancelation by 2025 — – Delivery by July 31 would start three rounds of soldier tests — Device based on HoloLens may yield a $21.9 billion program
Read MoreFanny Potkin / Reuters: Silicon Box, created by Marvell’s co-founders and CEO BJ Han, plans to spend $2B to build a Singapore-based chip foundry for chiplets, creating 1,000+ jobs — Singapore-based Silicon Box opened a $2 billion advanced semiconductor manufacturing foundry in the city-state on Thursday …
Read MoreCredit: Beats Apple has launched the Beats Studio Pro headset for $349.99. The headset benefits from a Transparency mode, USB-C lossless audio, adaptive ANC, and many more features new to the Beats line. They also support many Android features, such as Google Fast Pair, Audio Switch, and more. Apple-owned Beats has introduced a pair of
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Read MoreCredit: Kris Carlon / Android Authority A new report has revealed tidbits of info about Samsung’s Galaxy Ring. It’s believed that Samsung has started ‘advanced development’ on the product. There’s no word on the timing for mass production of the ring, though. Patent filings spotted a while back point to Samsung working on a smart
Read More[Jeff Geerling] has tried building his own network-attached storage before, but found that the Raspberry Pi just wasn’t able to keep pace with his demands. He’s back with a new all-flash NAS build, and put his new design to the test against proper store-bought gear. His build is based around the ROCK 5 Model B,
Read MoreCredit: Evan Blass The Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra has leaked once again, detailing its specifications, looks, and accessories. The Tab S9 Ultra is expected to have a large 14.6-inch display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, a sizeable 11,500mAh battery, and more. Expected accessories for this tablet include a kickstand case, a connected keyboard with an
Read MoreHibaq Farah / The Guardian: Ofcom survey: TikTok is the top news source for 12- to 15-year-olds in the UK, followed by YouTube and Instagram; 16- to 24-year-olds prefer Instagram for news — Algorithm-driven viral video app overtakes YouTube and Instagram as most used single source of news for young teenagers
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube Premium’s price has increased to $13.99 a month in the US, a $2 increase compared to what it used to cost. That’s according to Google’s signup page for the service, which has been quietly updated to reflect the new pricing, which was first spotted by 9to5Google. Alongside
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google has reportedly pitched an AI news writing tool to top publishers. The solution is different from Google’s generative AI, Bard. The AI is being touted as a personal assistant for journalists. Google is reportedly testing an AI tool that can write news stories. The company has apparently presented
Read MoreJetBrains has just announced the public launch of its Qodana code quality monitoring platform, which plugs into CI/CD pipelines, integrates with JetBrains IDEs, and uses static code analysis to enforce code quality guidelines. Launched July 19 after a preview period that began in 2021, Qodana offers an additional quality control layer at the CI/CD level
Read MoreWhen working on applications in any programming language, you might have encountered null exceptions or null reference exceptions. A null pointer or a null reference is one that does not refer to a valid memory location or object. It is a problem that has plagued programmers as long as programmers have been writing programs. A
Read MoreMicrosoft Dev Box, Microsoft’s cloud-hosted developer environments, recently entered general availability, ready to run with a mix of Windows images and a range of VMs with different capabilities. Fully customizable and centrally manageable, Dev Boxes allow you to tune your development environment for the work your team is doing. As tools like the new Dev
Read MoreCredit: Evan Blass The Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra has leaked once again, detailing its specifications, looks, and accessories. The Tab S9 Ultra is expected to have a large 14.6-inch display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, a sizeable 11,500mAh battery, and more. Expected accessories for this tablet include a kickstand case, a connected keyboard with an
Read MoreCredit: Adam Birney / Android Authority Netflix is now rolling out password-sharing restrictions worldwide. Subscribers will receive an email from the company informing them of the change. Netflix is not offering an extra member option in many countries where its plans are cheap, and penetration is low. Netflix is going wide with its new password-sharing
Read MoreA coalition including the right-wing Vox party wants to dismantle protections for workers on Glovo and Uber Eats. If they’re elected, they could change the gig economy across Europe.
Read MoreHelsing AI is building an operating system for warfare and says it’ll only ever sell to democracies.
Read MoreNilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Squarespace CEO Anthony Casalena on LLMs and building a website in 2023, how the company is structured, competition, acquiring Google Domains, and more — Squarespace has lived through the eras of domain squatting, SEO keywords, and social algorithms and is now launching AI tools.
Read MoreNew York Times: Kevin Mitnick, a hacker best known for his crime spree in the 1990s, who later became a consultant, writer, and public speaker after leaving prison, dies at 59 — Mr. Mitnick, best known for a crime spree during the 1990s that involved the theft of thousands of data files and credit card
Read MoreBenj Edwards / Ars Technica: A study claims GPT-4’s outputs grew worse from March to June, but some experts aren’t convinced by the results and urge OpenAI to be less opaque about AI models — Either way, experts think OpenAI should be less opaque about its AI model architecture. — On Tuesday, researchers …
Read MoreIonut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: Researchers identify 200K+ OpenAI credentials for sale on the dark web in the form of stealer logs, as hackers show an increased interest in generative AI tools — Threat actors are showing an increased interest in generative artificial intelligence tools, with hundreds of thousands …
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge The New York Times cites anonymous sources in a report saying Google demonstrated Genesis for media execs from the Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal owner News Corp, presenting “responsible” technology that takes in facts and spits out news copy. Two execs mentioned in the article “said it seemed to take
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Netflix brings password-sharing crackdown to India and other markets and says an “extra member” option won’t be offered where it is newly enforcing restrictions — Netflix is bringing password-sharing crackdown to consumers in India and every other market starting today …
Read MoreYou think of digital displays as modern, but the idea isn’t that new. We had clocks, for example, with wheels and flip digits for years. The Racal frequency counter that [Thomas Scherrer] is playing with in the video below has columns of digits with lamps behind them. You just need the right plastic and ten
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